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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY F. EBERT, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

BRUSH.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 716,690, dated December 23, 1902:

Application filed September ll, 1962. Serial No, 122,944. (No model.) y

To all whom it may concern.:

Be it known that I, HENRY F. EBERT, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough ofBrooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Brush, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to brushes in which the bristles are bound in position by a cord or like flexible binder.

The object of the invention is to provide certain new and useful improvements inbrushes, mainly in lather and paint brushes, whereby the bristles are securely fastened in position in the socket andare not liable to break when the brush is in use, and at the same time the cord or ilexible binder is prevented from becoming loose or broken, thus insuring long life to the brush.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations of the same, as will be more fully described hereinafter and then pointed out in the claims. v

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is a perspective view of the improvement. 'Figf2 is a seotionalside elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of the socket or ferrule.] Fig. 4 is a side elevation of a sectional ferrule, the

sections being shown spaced apart; and Fig.'

5 is a sectional side elevation of the improvement provided with the sectional ferrule shown in Fig. 4.

a short shank A', on which is fastened-the ring B of a socket or ferrule B, preferably` B7, or B10. The handle A of the brush is provided with A2 and B5, so that the flexible binder cannot slip od the Vferrule onto the bristles, and thus become loose. Y

The free Vends of the prongs B2 which are not fastened'to the.. outer ring B4 terminate close to the inner edge of the flange B5, and when the cord or flexible binder D is wound spirally around the socket it is evident that the said free ends of the'prongs B2 are bound firmly down Y upon the bristles within the socket tosecurely hold the saine in place.

The socket or ferrule B (shown in Figs. A and 5) is made in sections, of which one consists of aniinner ring B6, having prongs B7, and the other section consists of an outer ring B8, having a lange B9 and prongs B10 adapted to extend intothe inner ring B6 to be fastened with the latter by nails or screws E' tothe shank A of the handle A, as plainly shown in Fig.5. The free ends of the prongs B7 eX- tend over the outer ring B8 close to the flange B9, and the iieXible binder is wound around the ring B8 and its prongs B7 between the handle-flange Aa and the ferrule-iiange B9, the same as above described in reference to Fig. 2.

Nowwhen the brush is in use and is dipped into paint, water, or the like then the bristies in the socket or ferrule begin to swell and the flexible binder begins to contract to a certain extent, so that the bristles are very firmly held in place in the socket or errule, especially as the bristles can readily swell into the space between adjacent prongs B2, Thus the bristles are held against turning in a bunch in the socket or ferrule.

Itis understood that the bristles C are provided at their ends with thev usual cement to cause the bristles to adhere to each other and to securely fasten the bristles in place against the face of the shank A' and the socket B. In manufacturing the brush the ring B of the socket is secured by nails or other fastening means E to the shank. A of the liandle and then the abutting end of the bunch of bristles with the cement on the butt-end is placed in position in the socket and then the ilexible binder D is wound around the prongs and the ring B to lill the space between the IOO ilanges A2 and B5 completely, as plainly indicated in Figs. l and 2, the ends of the exible binder being fastened in the usual manner.

Now by the arrangement described it will be seen that the outwardly-turned fiange B5 or B9 of the socket permits free bending of the bristles at the outer end of the socket, and at the same time the said flange B5 or B9 forms an abutment for the flexible binder D to prevent the latter from coming in contact with the bristles or the lather' and water or paint usually adhering to the bristles when in use, so that the flexible binder is not injured or broken, and consequently long life of the brush is insured.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A brush comprising a handle, a socket for the reception of the butt-ends of the bristles secured at its inner end to said handle, a ange for the outerendof said socket, prongs extending from the inner end of said socket to the liange, and a binding for said prongs.

2. A brush comprising a handle, a socket for the reception ot' bristles secured to said handle, a ange for said socket, prongs extending from the inner end of the socket to the flange, and eXible binding means Wrapped around said prongs between the inner end ot' the socket and the flange for retaining the bristles in position.

f 3. A brush comprising a handle having a shank, an annular flange at the beginning of the shank, a socket having an inner ring, prongs on the inner ring, an outer ring provided with an annular flange, the said inner ring of the socket being attached to the said shank and the socket being adapted to receive a bunch of bristles, and a flexible binder Wound around the inner ring and the prongs, between the iange on the handle and the flange on the outer ring, as set forth.

4t. A brush provided with a socket for the reception of bristles, and comprising an inner ring for attachment to the brush handle, prongs extending from the inner ring, an outer ring onto which extend the terminals of the said prongs, and an outwardly-extending ange on the outer end of the said outer ring, as set forth.

5. A brush provided with a socket for the reception of bristles and comprising an inner ring for attachment to the brush-handle, prongs extending from the inner ring, an outer ring carried by sundry of the said prongs, the remaining prongs extending with their free ends on the outer face of the outer ring, and an outwardly-extending iiange on the outer edge of the said outer ring, as set forth.

6. A brush comprising a handle, a socket for the reception of bristles and consisting of an inner ring secured to the handle, prongs extending from the inner ring, an outer ring carried by sundryof the prongs, an outwardlyextending ange on the said outer ring, and a fiexible binder wound around the prongs and the inner ring and abutting against the said flange on the outer ring, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY F. EBERT.

Witnesses:

THEO. G. HOsTER, EVERARD BOLTON MARSHALL. 

